Ironing-machine.



P. E. WARNER. IRONING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 21, 1912.

WITNESSES: INVENTOR D 2 BY 7]] y ATTORNEY nnrrnn s'rnrns PATENT orrron FREDERICK E. WARNER, 0F BBIDGEPOR'I, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE KING MACHINE COMPANY, OF BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION OF CON- NECTICUT.

IRONING-MACHINE.

Applicationfiled September 21, 1912. Serial No. 721,592.

To aZZ whom it may concern Be it known that I, FREDERICK E. VVAR- NER, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city of Bridgeport, county of Fairfield, State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ironing-Machines; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in and relating to ironing machines, and has reference more particularly to machines designed for the ironing of corsets. v

The main object of the invention is to provide a machine of this description which will iron a corset with the forward and backward movement of the iron, and to equip such machine with means acting directly upon the iron-traversing devices or instrumentalit-ies for elevating the iron clear of the board at the completion of each forward and backward stroke of such iron.

The accompanying drawing is a side elevation, partly in section, and partly broken away, illustrating one style of machine for carrying out my improvement,

Heretofore, and having reference particularly to Letters Patent issued to E. E. Norton and A. U. La-ngenegger under date of January 14:, 1913, Reissue No. 13,513, a machine has been constructed for ironing corsets, in which the iron is moved forwardly and backwardly across the ironing-board, and elevated at the end of each forward and backward stroke by suitable devices. connected to the iron and automatically controlled, and while such construction is eminently practical and serviceable, the present structure differs therefrom in that it provides for the automatic elevation of the iron by means acting directly on the iron-actuating rod, instead of through separate devices connected to the iron, as in the patent aforesaid.

In order that the invention may be clearly understood, reference is made to the annexed drawing, wherein 1 designates a suitable power shaft, having a power pulley 2 connected thereto and likewise a suitable crank 3. The ironing-board is designated by 1-, and the iron which is designed to be moved over the same, by 5, said iron being connected to the outer end of a rod 6. The shaft 1 is journaled in a suitable casing or analogous supporting structure 7, said structure forming the support for a rod or bar 8, upon which is pivoted a lever 9, the upper end of the lever in turn being pivotally connected. to the rod 6. A pitinan or link 10 forms the connection between the crank 3 and the lever 9.

The rod 6 is cut away on its under face, as at 11, the end walls of said cut-away portion being inclined, as at 12. Said rod, where it is of full depth, rests directly upon an idle roller 18, loosely mounted upon a cross-bar or rod 1 1, which finds its bearings in the structure 7.

table l, the rod passing from the position shown 111 full lines in the drawing to a point adjacent the outer end of the board a, when the crank is at its full throw in the opposite direction. In so moving, the rod will drop or gravitate (by reason of the provision of the cutaway portion 11), and

as it nears the end of its outward stroke the roll 13 w1ll pass up the incline 12 at the left v and again elevate the rod and the iron,

bringing the parts to an elevated position similar to the position thereof shown in the full lines atthe left. In other words, the

iron will be elevated from the board and the goods resting thereon at such times as the roller coacts with the rod where it is of full depth or height, and bet-ween the ends of the inward and outward movements or strokes will rest and bear by gravity upon the goods being ironed.

By the employment of the inclined faces 12, the passage of the roller from the cutaway portion 11 to the portions of the rod which are of full height is gradual, and the parts are not subjected to any sudden or j olting movement, which would tend to wear the same or cause the iron to jump.

The position of the parts shown in dotted lines in the drawing is such as they will asume when the iron is performing its smoothing function, while in solid lines is indicated the position of the parts when the iron is elevated at the end of what may be termed the inward stroke.

The drawing illustrates merely an im- Patented Nov. 11, 1913.

proved structure for carrying out my invention, and many changes in details of construction within the spirit of the invention are contemplated and, therefore, no particular limitation should be understood from the foregoing description, which has been given for clearness of understanding only.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

1. In an ironing machine, the combination of a support for the material to be ironed; an iron normally resting thereon; a rod connected to said iron; means for reciprocating said rod and thereby causing the iron to traverse the material to be ironed; and means lying in the path of movement of the rod and coacting with the same to automatically raise the rod and consequently the iron at the end of each outward and rearward stroke.

2. In an ironing machine, the combination of a support for the material to be ironed; an iron normally resting thereon; a rod connected to said iron; means for reciproeating said rod and thereby causing the iron to traverse the material to be ironed; and means lying below, disconnected from and coacting directly with and upon said rod to automatically raise the same and, conse quently the iron, at the end of each outward and rearward stroke.

' 3. In an ironing machine, the combination of a support for the material to be ironed; an iron normally resting thereon; a rod connected to said iron; means for reciprocating said rod and thereby causing the iron to traverse the goods; a downwardly-extending projection upon the rod adjacent each end thereof; and means underlying the rod and adapted to coact with said downwardlyeXtending projections to automatically elevate the rod, and consequently the iron, at the end of each outward and rearward stroke.

4. In an ironing machine, the combination of a support for the material to be ironed; an iron; a rod connected to said iron, the rod being provided with a cut-away portion intermediate its ends; means for reciprocating said rod and thereby causing the iron to traverse the material to be ironed; and a roller underlying the rod and adapted to contact with the rod where it is of full depth, adjacent its ends, and to thereby elevate the same.

5. In an ironing machine, the combination of a support for the material to be ironed; an iron; a rod connected at its outer end to said ironand provided on its under face with a cut-away portion having inclined ends; a support contacting with the under face of the rod; and means for imparting endwise motion to said rod, whereby at the completion of each forward and backward stroke of the rod the inclined portions will come in contact with the support and pass over the same, bringing the full-depth portions of the rod over the support, whereby the rod, and consequently the iron, will be elevated.

6. In an ironing machine, the combination of a support for the material to be ironed; an iron normally resting thereon; a rod connected to said iron; means for reciprocating said rod and thereby causing the iron to traverse the material to be ironed; and complementary parts carried by the rod and a stationary portion of the machine, which parts are caused to coact by the reciprocation of said rod to raise the iron at the end of each outward and rearward stroke.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FREDERICK E. WARNER.

Witnesses:

V PERCY ALLEN, F. W. SMITH, Jr.

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